ETC ION Operation Manual page 193

It is also possible to mark to a cue that doesn't exist, and when the mark is stored, Ion will
automatically create the cue to mark to.
For Example:
If cue 2 does not exist yet:
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The command line will display, "Create Mark Cue?"
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When the cue is stored, the system will automatically create a cue 2 and mark the lights to it.
If a light is marked and that mark is later broken (for example being used by a move instruction
stored in the mark range), Ion will attempt to repair the mark. This is done by automarking in the cue
previous to intensity fading up, if possible. This will be indicated in the cue list by a "*" in the cue
immediately proceeding the "R" cue.
M a r k E a r l i e s t
The {Earliest} command can be used with {Mark} to mark the channel into the cue after the last
intensity moved from a nonzero level to 0. The mark is stored and behaves exactly as if you had
typed the cue number instead of {Earliest}. This works in blind, or in live if you record afterwards.
For Example:
Cue 2 moves the intensity for channel 1 to 0, Cue 3 thru 4 have no intensity for channel 1,
and Cue 5 has the intensity move to full. From Cue 5:
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This will work the same as [1] {Mark} [Cue] [2] [Enter], and will mark from cue 2 to cue 5.
N o t e :
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Using Mark
[select channels] {Mark} [2] [Enter]
[Enter]
[1] {Mark} {Earliest} [Enter]
[Mark] {Earliest} will mark through block cues or blocked intensity moves of 0,
until it finds the earliest intensity move to 0. If the cue immediately before the cue
being marked is the earliest intensity move to 0, it will mark in that cue.
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